MUSICIAN

Wendy Carlos

1939 - Today

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Wendy Carlos (born Walter Carlos, November 14, 1939) is an American musician and composer best known for electronic music and film scores. Born and raised in Rhode Island, Carlos studied physics and music at Brown University before moving to New York City in 1962 to study music composition at Columbia University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wendy Carlos has received more than 3,156,460 page views. Her biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Wendy Carlos is the 572nd most popular musician (down from 518th in 2019), the 2,938th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,757th in 2019) and the 175th most popular American Musician.

Memorability Metrics

  • 3.2M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.90

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MUSICIANS

Among musicians, Wendy Carlos ranks 572 out of 3,175. Before her are Marty Friedman, Dido, Gil Evans, Giovanni Sgambati, Smokey Robinson, and King Oliver. After her are Ace Frehley, Jean-Delphin Alard, Jenő Hubay, Hermeto Pascoal, Gottfried Heinrich Bach, and Tommy Lee.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Wendy Carlos ranks 166. Before her are Donald Adamson, Veruschka von Lehndorff, Karen Black, Takako Shimazu, Glauber Rocha, and Alberto Festa. After her are Jorge Paulo Lemann, Yoshinobu Ishii, Susan Flannery, John Badham, Jalaluddin Haqqani, and Alfredo Palacio.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Wendy Carlos ranks 2,938 out of 20,380. Before her are Rebecca De Mornay (1959), Bobby Riggs (1918), King Oliver (1881), Bobby Darin (1936), Edward Kasner (1878), and Christa McAuliffe (1948). After her are James Henry Breasted (1865), Raymond Damadian (1936), Duke Kahanamoku (1890), Ace Frehley (1951), Robert Hanssen (1944), and Jeffrey Tambor (1944).

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Among MUSICIANS In United States

Among musicians born in United States, Wendy Carlos ranks 175. Before her are Randy Rhoads (1956), Coleman Hawkins (1904), Tito Puente (1923), Marty Friedman (1962), Smokey Robinson (1940), and King Oliver (1881). After her are Ace Frehley (1951), GG Allin (1956), Jeff Porcaro (1954), Tico Torres (1953), Curtis Mayfield (1942), and Captain Beefheart (1941).

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